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The Voyager Golden Records are phonograph records which were included
aboard both Voyager spacecraft, which were launched in 1977. They contain
sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth,
and are intended for any intelligent extraterrestrial life form, or for future
humans, who may find them.

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The one on the left was named Abys mal, what was
the name of the other character?

ABNOR MAL (ABYSMAL & ABNORMAL  )

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Queen Mary1 of England was a staunch catholic and she violently persecuted
Protestants. Three protestant noblemen were convicted of plotting against her
and executed. This event leads to the origin of something which is quite comon
today as well. What??

The nursery rhyme – 3 Blind Mice

The Connect is the Bombay Theme Music

The track "Bombay Theme" is an instrumental orchestral piece composed and arranged by A. R.
Rahman. The track became an internationally sensational work and has featured in several
compilations. It was also sampled by many major artists. It was featured in the Palestinian
film Divine Intervention in 2002, and in the Nicolas Cage film Lord of War, in 2005. Rahman
reused the track as "Bombay Theme Intro" in the score of the 1996 film, Fire, by Deepa Mehta.
It also appeared on a French TV commercial for Volvic starring Zinedine Zidane in 2000.

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The first mention of it in writings occurs ca. 920 A.D., and it seems to have started
as a dish made only of fermented urad dal. One description ca. 1025 says the lentils
were first soaked in buttermilk, and after grinding, seasoned with pepper, coriander,
cumin and asafoetida. There is no known record of rice being added until some time
in the 17th century. It may have been found that the rice helped speed the
fermentation process. Although this dish has changed in ingredients, the
preparation process and the name remained the same. What??

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What is this?.....Something very horrendous

These are the clothes of Rajiv Gandhi after he was assassinated

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In 1955 Loksabha and Rajyasabha MPs issued an unique appeal to increase their salary
by Rs 1. What was the reason??

The salary was Rs 420, they demanded it to be increased by Re 1

This is the DUCKWORTH LEWIS Graph

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This is a print ad for which iconic brand??

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When the Babri Mosque was demolished in 1992, the Government of India
asked the Rajputana Rifles to go to Ayodhya and control the situation there.
For the first time in history, a regiment refused to follow the government
order citing a very strange but valid reason. What was the reason given by
Rajputana Rifles for not obeying government's order?

The reason was their war cry “ Raja Ram Chandra ki Jai” which they said would only
worsen the situation in Ayodhya

The connect is BARODA,

1. Vijay Hazare

2. That’s a Banyan Tree, Baroda originated from two
words Vat which means the Banyan tree, and Aodh, which
means a tent/canopy.

3. Rahul Dravid is the brand ambassador of bank of Baroda

4. That’s the symbol of the kingdom of Baroda

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All three have a common unique achievement to their
credit, what achievement? The list is not exhaustive

All 3 have taken a wicket with their first ball in international cricket

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Connect to something very common in business parlance

This is FREEBIE MARKETING, i.e. distributing an article free to push the
sales of a complementary good,

1. a brownie camera.. one of the first models sold by Kodak.. they also
adopted this strategy, sold cameras very cheap to create demand
for film rolls

2. that lamp is called Mei Foo Lamp.. it was sold by Standard Oil in
China at very low price, sometimes even free, to generate demand
for kerosene. It had the desired effect, and China became one of
the largest market for Standard Oil..

3. That person is King C Gillette who used this to popularize disposable
blades, by giving away free razors

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Hindu, Pile, Irish, Mongean, Riffle, Weave, Stripping, Chemmy, Overhand, Faro, Wash,
Chemmy. Connect

Ways to shuffle a deck of cards (I guess this was easily googleable)

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Name this doll & the brand which used it for promotion

She is Ruby, the anti Barbie Doll used by Body Shop

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Identify this Gentleman whose biggest contribution is mathematically
represented as below.

That is P C Mahalanobis and that is the formula for Mahalanobis Distance

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Starting Lines of which Book?

Once upon a Time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming
down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road
met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man-James Joyce

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Its title is a play on the words to a song from the Disney musical “The
Three Little Pigs”. The play ends with Martha answering the titular
question with, "I am, George, I am.” The play involves the two couples
playing "games," which are savage verbal attacks against one or two of the
others at the party. These games are referred to with sarcastically
alliterative names: "Humiliate the Host", "Get the Guests",, and "Bringing
Up Baby. What?

• Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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• This is a flag based on
the hammer & sickle
of communism.
Where have we come
across this flag ?

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• The Vahanas of which deity are Nandi the bull
as well as a lion ?

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Ratilal Ghelabhai Mehta, remembered him as "a
dashing cricketer" who "evinced a keen interest in the
game as a school student". He was, it seems, "good
both at batting and bowling", and had an uncanny
understanding of the game's uncertainties . In 1923,
he was partially responsible for P Vithal to be made
captain of the Hindus. When Vijay Merchant's sister
Laxmi asked for his autograph, he chose the page of
her book containing the signatures of the 1933-34
M.C.C. team, selecting himself as its 17th member.
Who?

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"In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias
they had warfare, terror, murder and
bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo,
Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In
Switzerland, they had brotherly love; they
had five hundred years of democracy and
peace and what did they produce? ______”
.complete the Orson welles quote.

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The name of the brand was
probably taken from the word
meaning force, energy, vigour. It
was one of the first products
created by William Lever .
Francis Bacon (painter) is reputed
to have used this as a substitute
for toothpaste.

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Connect the Pics in the next slide

• Answers in the Quiz in Slumdog Millionaire
• Amitabh Bachchan, Jack Hobbs, Surdas,
Aramis (Charlie Sheen played Aramis in a 1993
Disney production), Samuel Colt, Bow, Ben
Franklin, Cambridge Circus London and Truth
Alone Triumphs

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